1.221 Peak, Summit ᴹQ. aikale n. “peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK). ᴹQ. aikasse n. “mountain peak” A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mountain peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika
Select Elvish Words 1.22: Hill, Mountain
1.22 Hill, Mountain Q. ambo n. “hill, rising ground, ⚠️mount” The basis word for “hill” in Quenya (MC/222; PE17/90), also referring to “rising ground” in general (PE17/92). Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. †amun (amund-) “hill” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of
Select Elvish Words 1.215: Sand, Grit
ᴹQ. erume n. “desert” A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desert” derived of the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” and connected to the name ᴹQ. Eruman which was described in this document as a “desert N.E. of Valinor” (Ety/ERE). ᴹQ. litse n. “sand” A noun in The
Select Elvish Words 1.214: Mud, Mire
1.214 Mud, Mire Q. hloa n. “flood, fenland” A Quenya cognate of S. hlô appearing in The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, rejected when Tolkien revised the primitive form {✶sloga >>} ✶loga and the Sindarin form {lhô >>} lô (VT42/9-10). I personally prefer the earlier form
Select Elvish Words 1.212-1.213: Ground, Soil, Dust, Powder
1.212 Ground, Soil ᴹQ. hún (hun-), n. “earth, *ground” A word in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s with stem form hun- and gloss “earth” (QL/39). It might be a later iteration of ᴱQ. han “ground, earth” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/39), and if so
Select Elvish Words 1.21: Earth, Land
1.21 Earth, Land Q. cemen, n. “the Earth; earth, [ᴹQ.] soil” Tolkien often used this Elvish word for “the Earth”, but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, he clarified that “kemen ‘the Earth’ [was] an apparent
Select Elvish Words 1.11-1.12: World, Universe
1.11 World Q. Ambar, n. “The World, Earth, (lit.) Habitation, Settlement” The word Ambar is probably the most common Quenya word for the “World”. Its more literal meaning is “Habitation” (MR/337; NM/226) or “Settlement” (PE17/163) in the sense that it is the realm in which the children of Eru (Elves
Select Elvish Words: Introduction
Since I have wrapped up my series on “Select Primitive Elvish Roots”, I am starting a new series on “Select Elvish Words”. This series is for the next major phase of Eldamo’s development: dictionary entries for Elvish words. My plan is to discuss the meanings, etymologies, and conceptual development of
Eldamo 0.8.0 is released
See eldamo.org. Updates for this release: Added information from The Nature of Middle Earth. Finished dictionary entries for Primitive Elvish roots: √N – √YUR. Add semantic category link to word pages. Finished semantic categorization of Sindarin/Noldorin/Gnomish. Edited and reviewed Quenya semantic categories.
Select Primitive Elvish Roots: YOD-YUR
√YOD “fence, enclose” This root appears in a discussion of the possible origin of Sindarin -ion² “-land”, blended with the root √YON² “wide, extensive” (PE17/43). A more common variation of the latter root was √YAN¹, making the status of √YOD uncertain. The derivatives of √YOD are similar to those of